Garrett Johnson

Wide receiver for Kentucky. 2017: 48 catches, 539 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Kentucky · #9

5′11″ · 175 lb · Winter Garden, FL

Kentucky 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 701 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

Statement game9 rec · 160 ydsvs Auburn (FBS) · L 27-30

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Kentucky. 2017: 48 catches, 539 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kentucky, 2,089 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 164 yds at Louisville.Louisville · W 41-382016

201410 games

Signed with Kentucky3-star out of West Orange

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#701 national

CFB

College

Kentucky

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 24-26 over that span.

2014Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2015Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2016Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2017Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#108 / 539 · 80th pct

Long catch#145 / 539 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#182 / 539 · 66th pct

539

Rush yards#145 / 283 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#400 / 539 · 26th pct

11.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	48.2	11.0	0.3
Road6g	3.8	41.7	11.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	53.1	14.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	33.4	7.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Kentucky	48	539	11.2	2	--
2016	Kentucky	39	585	15.0	5	--
2015	Kentucky	46	694	15.1	2	--
2014	Kentucky	22	271	12.3	2	--
Career		155	2,089	13.5	11	--

Season	Team
2017	Kentucky	2	12	--	--	--
2016	Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Kentucky	1	--	--	--	--
2014	Kentucky	--	--	17	--	--
Career		3	12	17	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 40–34

vs Missouri

1 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.

With S. Johnson — 298 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 67.5 · 44 rush yds (11 car) · L. Bowden Jr. — 3 rec · 49 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17@ Southern Miss	2	22	11.0	0	14
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Eastern Kentucky	2	42	21.0	0	30
Wk 3	W 23-13@ South Carolina	4	41	10.3	0	14
Wk 4	L 27-28vs Florida	4	56	14.0	1	27
Wk 5	W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan	8	61	7.6	0	16
Wk 6	W 40-34vs Missouri	7	111	15.9	1	64	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 8	L 7-45@ Mississippi State	5	36	7.2	0	12
Wk 9	W 29-26vs Tennessee	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	L 34-37vs Ole Miss	3	17	5.7	0	11
Wk 11	W 44-21@ Vanderbilt	6	76	12.7	0	32
Wk 12	L 13-42@ Georgia	4	36	9.0	0	18
Bowl	L 23-24@ Northwestern	2	39	19.5	0	25
Total		48	539	11.3	2	64

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology